Profile: In his limited time (139 1/3 innings, parts of six different seasons), Jeff Manship has put together a pretty uninspiring body of work. Most of his pitch-type data don’t present reasons to be excited, although the samples are limited and spread out. He has yet to show that he has anything resembling consistently good command, and most of his stuff is below-average for swings and misses as well as ground balls. Despite his poor results as an exclusive reliever for Philadelphia in 2014, (6.65 ERA, 15.2% strikeout rate, 13.3% walk rate in 23 frames), his stuff had considerably more life than it showed in any previous campaign. Still, Manship would have to build on that, command and locate it a lot better, and maybe even come up with a better plan in order to improve his outcomes. And then, to be relevant, ascend to a role that matters to fantasy owners. Tall order for the 30-year-old. (Nicholas Minnix)

The Quick Opinion: Manship has yet to make anything but a negative impact at the major league level thanks to his sub-par repertoire. He’s a long way from fantasy relevance.

Profile: He's part Man, part Ship, and one of the best stories of 2015. Manship spent 2006-2009 coming up through the Twins organization, then through 2014, spent part of every year in the majors, making 10 starts and 62 relief appearances, posting an ugly 6.46 ERA over 139.1 innings. He couldn't strike anyone out, he walked everyone, he gave up a ton of hits and was an easy target for homers, as well. On June 19, 2015, after a lights out start to the year in Triple-A Columbus, Manship made his first appearance for the Indians, walking one and striking out two in a scoreless inning. The rest of the year, he made 31 more appearances, throwing 39.1 innings and posting an insane 0.92 ERA. Instead of about five or six strikeouts per nine, he was over 7.5. Instead of nearly four walks per nine, he was under 2.5. His FIP was nearly triple his ERA, but even that was 2.63. Manship never gave up more than one run in an appearance. Manship, for the first time in his career, at age 31, will enter the season a lock for a roster spot and a candidate for eighth inning duties in Cleveland. He still doesn't get the strikeouts you want from a fantasy relief arm, but he could be an under-the-radar holds play, if you can live with the limited strike outs. (Chad Young)

The Quick Opinion: A year ago, Jeff Manship looked like he was closer to being out of baseball than he was to save chances. He still isn't all that close to saves, but he should be a fixture in the backend of the Indians bullpen this year, providing some holds, though likely not many strikeouts.

Profile: Jeff Manship (henceforth referred to as The Ship) made his debut at age 24 with the Twins in 2009. From then until 2015, he was not really someone you needed to pay attention to. Over six seasons, he made 10 starts and 62 relief appearances, with ERAs ranging from 5.28 in 2010 to 8.10 in 2011. Then, magic struck. The Ship increased his strikeout rate to 22.9% (14.3% for his career to that point) and decreased his walk rate to 6.9% (9.2% to that point).After giving up 1.16 HR/9 prior to 2015, he gave up just 1 home run (0.23 HR/9) that year. Sure, his 0.92 ERA was helped by a .192 batting average on balls in play, but his 2.63 FIP was also excellent, and if you didn't trust the 3.6% home run-to-fly ball rate, his xFIP was a career-best 3.35. All around, The Ship had come into port. But in 2016, the strikeout rate came down, the walk rate went up, the HR/FB rate jumped, and though he posted a solid-enough 3.12 ERA, his 5.11 FIP and 4.81 xFIP suggest 2015 was more career-year/outlier than breakout. Now he has been non-tendered, and while he'll likely dock in an MLB bullpen, he won't provide anything for fantasy owners to buy.(Chad Young)

The Quick Opinion: After a fantastic 2015, Jeff Manship's 2016 was sub par, leaving the Indians no choice but to cut anchor and let him drift out to sea. The Ship will strike land somewhere, but he has no course to high leverage waters.

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